The first Telangana State Conference of CPI (M) has resolved to build a broad platform of various parties and organisations to mount pressure on the Government to concede the demand for quota in private sector.
The conference also decided to mould public opinion by organising agitations and a signature campaign in support of the demand, said the State Committee Secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram and member Mettu Srinivas. Tuesday is the third day of the conference which will culminate into a public meeting at Nizam College Grounds on Wednesday. A massive procession of `Red army' from Sundaraiah Kendram will converge on Nizam College.
Mr. Veerabhadram said the Central leadership of the party had recognised that job reservations in private sector were of utmost importance to improve the living conditions of poor in the present context because of fast shrinking jobs in the Government. Nearly 85 per cent of jobs were in private sector while Government employment was only 15 per cent. The State committee decided to strive for the implementation of the party line.
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He also said that the conference resolved to urge the Government to extend its reservation policy in education and employment to the private sector.
Mr. Srinivas said that the argument of government that some castes were not efficient and that they could not face competition in private sector to justify reservations was proved false by studies. Moreover, India will not be the only country to implement reservations in private sector as the policy existed in the US, Britain, Yugoslavia, Pakistan and China, he added.